Month: November 2010

Kate Middleton’s life will never be the same again after her exchange of royal marital vows with Prince William

As the day is slowly inching to the day where she will be called a Princess, she will become the envy of all princess-hopefuls around the world. She will become the face whom media will watch every move she makes.

Possibly soon become Queen one day, Middleton has to prepare herself for the responsibilities a royalty is expected of.

From one former palace aide comes a warning, Kate Middleton must find out quickly what her royal role should be to preclude the same problems faced by the late Princess Diana of Wales.

Patrick Jephson, who served as the Princess’s private secretary, urged the new future Queen to turn her attention to the practical side of life within the Windsors.

“If they want her to be a wife, a pretty face, to keep quiet and stay in the background – get that straight now, not in the future,” Mr Jephson said.

“If they want here to be more active and carry on the role Diana-style – let’s get that straight too.”

“If you speak to people who were around when Diana arrived, nobody had a serious talk to her about what she was going to do.” Jephson continued.

“She made it up. She developed her own style and role and in the end it got out of synchronisation with the rest of the household.”

He added: “Kate’s not just going into a marriage, she’s going into a business.”

Darren Criss, a guest star on Glee who portrays the role of a student at a rival school who develops a special relationship with Kurt, will be seen more on Glee as he signed a new deal with Fox series’ co-producer Twentieth Television.

Criss’ character could become regular next year under the new deal.

During his guest appearance on Glee, a US musical comedy-drama television series, he and the Glee Club member performed Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” in that episode.

Criss’ dream has finally turned into reality!

Blaine, Criss’ character, was introduced last week as a mentor to Kurt (Chris Colfer), an out gay student who faces harassment at school.

Twentieth Television says the cover scored the highest first-day sales for a “Glee” track, with more than 55,000 downloads.

Criss returns on Tuesday’s episode of “Glee,” which features guest star Gwyneth Paltrow as a substitute teacher.

Twentieth Television says whether Criss’ character and Kurt become romantically involved has yet to be decided.

Britain’s Prince William, second in line of succession to the throne, and socialite Kate Middleton officially announced their royal engagement.

Wedding ceremony will be by next spring or summer next year.

A spokesman for Prince Charles said Prince William gave Kate Middleton the engagement ring that belonged to his late mother, Princess Diana.

The ring is an oval sapphire surrounded by diamonds.

The engagement announcement has ended years of countless rumors about their splits, reconciliations and speculations. It will be the most anticipated and the biggest royal wedding since Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer almost 30 years ago.

Prince Charles’ Clarence House office said the heir to the British throne was “delighted to announce the engagement of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton.” It said the couple got engaged last month during a vacation in Kenya.

The statement also said that William had informed his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and also sought the permission of Middleton’s father.

Happy Eid Mubarak to all Muslims! Today, Muslims all over the world is celebrating Eid Al Adha or Eid Ul Adha. Also called “Festival of Sacrifice”, Muslims commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Isma’il as an act of obedience to Allah before He intervened to provide him with a ram to sacrifice instead.

Eid Al Alha start after the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia by Muslims worldwide. The celebration originated thousand of years ago in Mecca where Ibrahim’s faith was tested by Allah. He asked Ibrahim to offer to Him his only son Isma’il which he prayed for so long. Upon presenting Ibrahim was astounded as his son Isma’il surrendered his life to Allah and said: “Father, do what you have been commanded. You will find me, Insha’Allah, to be very patient.”

When Allah seen the willingness of the two, He then called it out and instead asked Ibrahim to replace the sacrifice with a ram. They both passed the test and as a reward, Allah then granted Ibrahim the good news of the birth of his second son, Is-haaq.

In celebration of Eid AL-Adha, Muslims will sacrifice an animal and then proceed to share the meat one third each with friends, family, and the poor. In the United States, President Obama greeted all Muslims by saying: “On Eid, Muslims around the world will commemorate Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, and distribute food to those less fortunate – a reminder of the shared values and the common roots of three of the world’s major religions. On behalf of the American people, we extend our best wishes during this Hajj season.”

Happy Eid Mubarak to all Muslims. Here is a Youtube video that we found greeting each Muslim celebrating Eid Al Adha a Happy Eid Mubarak!

Michelle Wie, an American golfer, withdrew from the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, a golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour, due to her back injury.

After shooting a 6-over par 78, Wie said “I was very excited to be here, but unfortunately I can’t play anymore. I’m going to see the doctor [today] and hope to make it feel better. We took an MRI and I have two little cysts near my spine and a little disc bulge. It’s nothing major, but it’s just something I can’t play with right now.”

Wie, 21 years old, was named in Time Magazine as “one of 100 people who shape our world”. She is of South Korean descent and of American citizenship by birth.

Two rising NFL teams will face one another in the primetime Monday Night Football today. The Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins will be facing each other for the second time this season. Their first meeting was on October 3 and during that time the Redskins won, 17-12. It was a very close game but the offensive and defensive strategy of the Redskins did paid off.

The Eagles had made a better record since the last meeting and have lost just two more games while the Redskins have lost the same amount of games but brings the total to four games. Donovan McNabb will hopefully be seeing play today since he had been benched after suffering some cardiovascular problems. If McNabb is healthy and in sufficient cardiovascular shape then he might get his second revenge against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick passes in the first half of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

Washington Redskins had been routed by Detroit Lions last week, 37-25 while the Philadelphia Eagles managed to snap a win against the Indianapolis Colts, 26-24. The Eagles is all fired up during this point and is very different when they first met the Redskins so expect a different game which will be good for a really head-on collision.

We will once again see Philadelphia Eagle’s Michael Vick who had been 3-1 on Monday Night Football games. Last week he was knocked from the game. Watched out as well for Philadephia’s Asante Samuel who had the most interceptions since 2006 in the NFL.

Players to watch for Washington Redskins inclues linebacker Brian Orakpo and his sacks. He had made five sacks in his past four games. Also, add Chris Cooley who is second among NFC tight ends with 39 receptions.

Who will win in this second face-off between Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins? Will the Eagles take their revenge this time? Let us hear some points from Drew Litton’s Monday Matchup Madness.

The latest Bowl Championship Series (BCS) rankings had been released and the top four undefeated teams still remains to be on top of the BCS rankings. There are several upsets during week 11 and these are major upsets to teams who had been considered to be dominant in those games.

Before the upsets let us talk about one of the greatest performance in team’s 95-year football history. Wisconsin Badgers scored 83 points in their game against Indiana, 83-20. Wisconsin (9-1, 5-1) put up the most points by an FBS school this season and matched the highest scoring total by a team in a Big Ten conference game since Ohio State’s 83-21.

Wisconsin mascot Bucky Badger does one of his 83 push ups during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Indiana Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010, in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin won 83-20. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Now for the upsets, Northwestern made their first victory over a ranked team this season by defeating Iowa, 21-17. An important interception by Northwester cost Iowa the game and their rankings in the BCS. The Hawkeyes had an early strong play in the fourth quarter but Jeremiha Hunter intercepted Persa at the Iowa 38, but when Peters responded by picking off a deep pass near the end zone it changed everything. It was a bitter-sweet victory for Northwestern.

Notre Dame also upset then number 14 Utah, 28-3. The Utah Utes were blocked from executing their big offense and they were limited in yards and in scoring. It was the lowest performance of the Utes since their defeat to UNLV in 2007.

Arizona seems to be fading into the bottom of the BCS rankings and they were defeated last week by the USC Trojans. It seems a big virus was injected and the offense of Arizona tumbled and they lost, 24-21.